Saving Your Song; Playing Songs And Sequences; Playing And Editing Songs Using The Backing Sequencer; Playing Songs In The Song Mode - Korg PA-80 Getting Started Manual

Saving your Song

Now that you have recorded your backing tracks, overdubbed some real time tracks, and added a fill or
two, your sequence is now complete. Once you are satisfied with your sequence, you can save it as a
song. Remember that floppy disk I mentioned at the beginning of this booklet? Well, you need it now.
You will need to name your SONG before you save it. You are still in the BACKING SEQUENCE mode.
1. Place the 3.5" PC format floppy disk into the PA-80's Disk Drive.
2. Select SAVE SONG from the menu in the display.
3. The first item in the menu now is NEW_NAME.MID
4. Press the DRUM-PERC/DRUM edit key. The "N" in NEW is now flashing. Use the VALUE
WHEEL to select the first letter of the name of your song.
5. The DOWN/- and UP/+ buttons will move the cursor through the other letters of the name.
Song names can be up to eight letters long. The ".MID" portion of the file name identifies it as
a MIDI file, one that can be loaded and played from the sequencer.
6. When you are done naming your song, press the F2 button to select SAVE from the MENU.

Playing Songs and Sequences

The PA-80 saves your sequence files and your song files as MIDI files. That means that you can load a
saved song back in to the PA_80 either as a SONG or as a BACKING SEQUENCE. Loading a MIDI file as a
BACKING SEQUENCE will allow you to overdub and edit the file, and then re-save it.

Playing and Editing Songs using the Backing Sequencer

Once a song is loaded into the backing sequencer, it is possible to edit the song, assign new sounds, or
insert tempo changes, as we did in the Editing the Backing Sequencer section of this booklet.
NOTE: When using SMF (Standard MIDI File) songs created on keyboards other than the PA-80, you
will not have the ability to select a new "STYLE", as STYLEs were not used to create these songs.
1. Select the BACKING SEQUENCER mode.
2. Highlight LOAD SONG: by pressing the BASS/PERC edit key.
3. The DISPLAY will show a list of files available on the disk. Any .MID file can be loaded into the
sequencer. Use the VALUE WHEEL to bring your song to the top line of the display.
4. Press the F2 LOAD button to load the song. You now have a song in SEQ1.
5. You can listen to the song by pressing the PLAY/STOP button for SEQ1.

Playing Songs in the SONG mode

Again, to really unleash the power of the PA-80, try getting used to using the SONG PLAY (XDS) mode of
the PA-80.
1. Select the SONG mode.
2. Highlight LOAD SONG: by pressing the BASS/PERC edit key.
3. The DISPLAY will show a list of files available on the disk. Any .MID file can be loaded into the
sequencer. Use the VALUE WHEEL to bring your song to the top line of the display.
4. Press the F2 LOAD button to load the song. You now have a song in SEQ1.
5. You can listen to the song by pressing the PLAY/STOP button for SEQ1.
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